TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307200

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-06 08:18:19
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026ojc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazzumw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:51:22.511 (237.8437955) DEC = -13:19:55.05 (-13.3319596)
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 09:07:37.004 (JD=2461193.8802894)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 09:07:37.004
Flux: 19.7292 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-02 09:06:56
Limiting flux: 19.0465 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2026ojc